Guess Who?!

Guess whose picture now graces the main product page for a certain lovely scarf pattern on Ravelry? Mine!

Needle Felting for Peace

I made this little wristlet/ coin purse thingy a couple of months ago and I completely forgot to post it! It was an experimentation in felting, both wet felting and needle felting. For the body of the bag (the white part) I knit with a nice feltable wool and then agitated it in hot and soapy water (scrubbing with my hands). You know how when you accidentally stick a wool sweater in the washer/dryer and it shrinks and becomes a really stiff fabric? That's felting. The fibers get all tight and tangled, never to be loosened again. With needle felting (for the designs on front and back), you make a design with yarn or with loose fluffy wool by stabbing it repeatedly on the surface you want it to be on (the white background) with a sharp, barbed needle. This is another way of tangling the fibers so that they interlock, only in a more specific way. The experiment was a success. I also lined the inside with colorful fabric, and used grosgrain ribbon, a zipper, and a lobster clasp to finish it off.

Peace, Love, Anarchy

Can you tell that this is supposed to represent world peace? 

Cabled Collar Cap-sleeve Tee

Just in time for warm spring weather, I've finished a new knitted tee! This one is a cotton-linen blend yarn. It has short cap sleeves and a ribbed cable design on the collar. The pattern is from Vogue Knitting, Spring/Summer 2011. 

Rainbow Scarf

I've been pretty lazy about getting around to posting this, my latest creation. As you can see, I am even taking the ol' "cell phone photo in the bathroom mirror" route of laziness. I didn't even bother to let my hair down or remove my glasses, for goodness sake! That does not mean, however, that this is not a wonderful finished product! It's quite lovely in person, actually. This scarf is perfect for spring and warmer weather because it is so light and airy, made of the most delicate cobweb yarn. It shifts colors many times, and because of the lightness of it all reminds me of a pale rainbow in the sky. The billowy effect is achieved by using two different sets of needles, one large (size 10) and one small (size 2) as well as using increases and decreases. Here's the pattern.

The Ultimate Cardigan

It has been a little while since I last posted, but only because I've been hard at work on my latest knit! It's a little something from Vogue Knitting Magazine I call the Ultimate Cardigan, because it has so many different style elements all in one garment. It has cables on the front; wide ribbing at hem, cuffs, and collar; a belt; a shawl collar; and big buttons! I used a machine washable wool yarn called Washable Ewe by Stitch Nation in the color Zinnia. It took about 6 weeks to complete, and thanks to JoAnn sending me coupons all the time, I was able to purchase all of the yarn and the buttons for less than $30! (Fellow knitters will know that the sky is really the limit when it comes to price ranges in yarn!) So, without further ado, the Ultimate Cardigan!

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A closeup of the cables

and finally, on me!